Arena Premiered "A View from the Bridge"

posted by Vijay Mathew

Arena Stage produced the American premiere of A View from the Bridge in November 1956. Here are the production stills and the program from our files: 

See the program for A View from the Bridge, November 7, 1956.

This production was the premiere of the full-length, two-act play that Arthur Miller wrote after its unsuccessful reception on Broadway in 1955 as an one-act play paired with another Miller one-act play A Memory of Two Mondays. The final version of View that Arena premiered in 1956 is considered the definitive version and will be the one that Arena is producing in the upcoming Arthur Miller Festival. 

Arena's original production of View was directed by Alan Schneider, one of the most prominent directors in the history of American theater. Schneider directed several productions at Arena over a thirty year period and also led the theater during the 1973-1974 season while Zelda Fichandler was on sabbatical.

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